Tunisian Politician Assassinated, Sparking Protests

Assassination Is Second This Year to Threaten Democratic Transition

The assassination of a secularist politician involved in drafting Tunisia's new constitution sparked antigovernment protests and threatened further instability, the second such killing this year to disrupt the nation's attempts to cement its transition to democracy.

Parliamentarian Mohammed Brahmi was shot multiple times by gunmen riding a motorbike outside his home in a suburb of the capital on Thursday, members of his People's...